New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-24

not consider that Aso cholera bad a. dphtheriA
for this city Cholera is disease winch can DO maae
to yield to sanitary measures 1t can bo Kept OUT OF
tho city by quarantine regulations. III the disease
actually comes to the city the Board Of Health Is In
rst-rae position deal with 1t effectively Persons
bound suffering from the disease would be removed
promptly to the Quarantine hospitals or II the accom-
modatons there not ample enough. North Brother
Island could be turned into cholera station The
present force of the department probably would DO
puficlent to deal with ordinary cholera epiucnc'
put If the Board of Health was obliged to proclaim an
epidemic We would have additional S5O0OO avail
able right away for getting more help. There Is no
present TO fear that cholera Will come 10 e
rty.'
Tho records of the d. part that there were
erest cholera epdemIcs in the city IN 1872 1894 1o49,
1854 and 1866 Deaths from the disease In those
years follows:
1872 S az a. sst iiiS7
1874 " iooo'
154y. 5O7ll
Tho last epidemic Of cholera began in the spring Oh
1856 A vessel with passengers sick with choicFa
arrived in the barbor in November 1869 OF" 'no
Quarantine regulations kept the disease out Oh the Guy
in April following infected ships came 10 inc Guy
Uhrty-one passengers had died on the virginia anu ~
the Eng and from cholera. On ApTn 90 .uis. -a.S
a. Jenkins died In shany az Niit,S 'a, inv a ' nH
Third-ave. II wa never ascertaned how she was OK
Sosod TO contag1on. Catharine Dooley was attacked
IN May @ al No. lis Mulbery-st, but recovered INC
Health Department made extensive preparations 10
check the epidemic fresh cases were discovered
until a month later, when Edward A. Fraser an ola
Sswyer OF No 300 BroOme-st., died I'm collapse few
hours after being All acked After that the disease
spread rapidly and reached its height In July and
August Fifty-th persons attacked on July
sI. and thirty Of them died the same day. OF
the whole number Of deaths from cholera that year.
700 occurred in August. The last reported case
On II
occurred tenement houses. and the disease Ootan
its strongest hold In the vicinity Of bonenoin. ani
yielded readily enough to sanitary measures The
epidemic led to the reorganization OF the Health oaru
DIR. HAMILTON SEES NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.
We THINKS THE NETWORK HEALTH OFFICERS CAN
GRAPPLE WITH THE DISEASE WITHOUT ASSIST
ANCE.
WASHINGTON Sept 23.-surgeOn General Hamilton, or
the Marine Hospital Service. has received dispatch
from NewYOrk confirming the press report OF the ar
rival there OF the steamship Aesia with cholera on
board The telegram merely announced the facts in the
published without making request for Govern
neDt assistance, and 1t is thought the quar-
sntine authorities OF New-York feel confident
Of their ability to stamp out the disease without
asking the help OF the United states Health officers Dr.
tbonty Is vested in the interfere in State quar-
antine affairs unes. request comes from the Health
officers for assistance. Newlok. ne says,
has large and efficient Quarantine Board, fully able. in
his opinion TO grappe successfully with the eXgencies
of the occasion.
DR. Hamilton said tonight that the arrival OF single
ship at York Infected with Asiac cholera neeh not
give occasion for alarm. In his judg uent the Health
officer at New-York will he able TO handle the cases at
Quarantine without difficulty. The experiences OF the
past the Doctor said likely to he repeated be-
cause the value OF precautionary measures now APP
preciaed The history past epdemics he continued
has shown that 1t Is only by repeated arrivals
of cholera-infected vessels that the disease mas
gained foohold in this country. IL Is not Indigenous
and and soil favorable 10 It's prOpa
cation; but like all contagious diseases IL %ay be I'M
ported IL not guarded against AS an Illustration oil the
fact that disease has Ouly broken out after te ar
rival of several cholera laden vessels. DIT hain-
ton cited the great epidemic OF 1872
Is believed that the disease was brought mere
from Canada A ship bound for Quebec from
Ireland arrived Crosse Isle quarantine In Aprl win
40 immigrants having had tweuty-nine deaths from
cholera during the hut 1t was not until after
third snip hal arrived in June that the
broke out shore IL then spread through Can
ada aud Distinction was not practised
At that time any OF the precautions taken TO
neglect which in this day would be crini al
respousblity of nations In sending Tor eInHran7
from injected districts the surgeon General s9d "ueh
NOT 10 he overlooked and in his judgment the time would
come when IL woul be considered just as much an ACT
of hostility the part OF aOn 10 neglect To take
proper measures prevent the spread OF diseases TO
friendly nation as would be to she'll and lire It's sea
ports The cpl euc which visited south America last
year was traceahle TO this very neglect 49,,
Orders have sent by the Marine Hospital service
to the National stations at Cape Charles aud
Delaware Breakwater TO detain any vessel coming Ho"
Italy and 10 report the same 10 the bureau